Go to windows explorer and delete these files if they are presentC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\JAVATI32.EXEC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\YRDDPCMP.EXEC:\WINDOWS\WINSZ.EXEC:\WINDOWS\MSOPT.DLLC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSQX.DLLC:\WINDOWS\SYSTB.DLL

Optional fixes

The following entry is a resource hog that you may want to fix withe hijack thisO4 - Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

I went to safe mode but i was unable to open any task manager becasue Windows ME doesn't open one. (Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del only opens a Program list) - and that didn't have any of the programs listed. So i continued with the instructions and ran HijackThis, went to windows explorer and deleted all the fiels u suggested except msopt.dll and system/sysqx.dll as i was unable to locate them.

I then restarted the computer in regular mode and ran Hijackthis again - and this is the log:

*note: i opened windows internet explorer and the deault url had changed, and it seems like no pop-ups have occured (yet) - but i went to the add/remove programs and several programs are still there - and when i try to unistall them, a pop-up shows "Url cannot be found" as if it is tryign to connect to a website - and sicne i tcannot be found, the program remains there.

these are the progrma names:- Search Extender- Shopping Wizard- Web Savings from Ebates- (i'm nt sure if they are related to the same problem or not, but I didn't download them on purpose ( - they just appeared there)

I also suggest that you delete any files from "temp", "tmp" folders. In Internet Explorer, click on "Tools" => "Internet Options" => "Delete Files" and select the box that says "Delete All Offline Content" and click on "OK" twice. Also, empty the recycle bin by right clicking on it and selecting "Empty Recycle Bin". These steps should be done on a regular basis.